OK...so we have decided to overhaul the house! And by "we" I don't think that is Jason and me I'm speaking about - by "we" I mean a few friends from church and myself wrangled in! Taking it one step at a time!
Most of the rooms upstairs are in good condition! We have painted our rooms and bathrooms and the living room and hallway. The last room upstairs to "make our own" was the kitchen with the study attached. While I was pregnant with Isaac I got a nesting itch and ripped the wallpaper off the kitchen wall - thinking it would make it look better! WELL...it left it looking torn up! The more I looked at it and the hallway leading downstairs and downstairs the more I got discouraged that the house would NEVER sell for what we needed it to sell for and I just started feeling like everything we touched turned to crap (I'm letting you in on my pity party). But we have some GREAT friends that have really encouraged us and they see the potential in my house! They think it's a great house and with a little paint and a decorating eye it can be done! So, we are in phases with Erin Colvin as our project manager! Delilah and I helped Erin - OK...let's let the real truth be know...Delilah helped Erin - I did use the roll brush and do the big walls but Delilah took the paint brush away from me when I attempted to do trim...It's not my forte - for those interested in my painting skills - I like freedom in painting - see sips n strokes blog! HA! ANYWAY, below are some pictures of the Phase 1. By the end of the night we had about 4 phases in the works! Enjoy...
This is technically phase one - Wallpaper Down
Erin working on trim...then my battery died - but Delilah was there working just has hard - Thanks y'all!!
Viola! I'm so impressed!
The next phase includes painting cabinets - getting Sherry Lewis out to match colors and work on curtains. These people (and Delilah I'm talking about you too - since you are now a member...hehehe!) have made me feel so loved and special. When I think about all the people in our church I just smile and thank the Lord for His goodness! He has really created some amazing people - and I want to be just as amazing to them! I want to be like them, serve like them, and love like them!
Lord work in me. And you may think that I'm just reaping benefits from them and that's why I love them but they do this to everyone! They see a need and jump on it - start working out details and calendars and meals and fellowships - it really is amazing! I'm praying the Lord continues to bind us together as a family - a body!
And last - this little decorating story cracks me up! I HATE YARD SALES - HATE THEM! So in order for us never to have one I'm constantly giving to Goodwill. Well of course I have about 4 bags sitting by my chair - ready to go out the door (when I have enough hands to get them out the door). While we were waiting for paint to dry Erin says, "Page, what's with all these bags?" And, I proceed to tell her they are all going to Goodwill. She said "Well, this is NOT!" It was that little picture frame - it matched the paint perfectly and put a nice touch to the kitchen! She helped me to see that one man's trash IS really another man's treasure! Not sure how that all works when it's your own trash becoming your own treasure! But it did...now I have to just find a picture to put in it! That's somewhere in the phases ;)
Proverbs 17:17Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.
